03215nam 22006254a 450 991097172280332120251116214849.0979889087897797808078769090807876909(CKB)1000000000462072(EBL)413207(OCoLC)476236225(SSID)ssj0000129618(PQKBManifestationID)11134867(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129618(PQKBWorkID)10079237(PQKB)10396767(Au-PeEL)EBL413207(CaPaEBR)ebr10273395(CaONFJC)MIL930664(MiAaPQ)EBC413207(Perlego)538685(EXLCZ)99100000000046207220050412d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrContemporary Caribbean cultures and societies in a global context /edited by Franklin W. Knight and Teresita Martinez-VergneChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20051 online resource (312 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780807856345 0807856347 9780807829721 0807829722 Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-280) and index.Introduction / Teresita Martinez-Vergne and Franklin W. Knight -- Challenges to Caribbean economies in the era of globalization / Helen McBain -- Globalization, the World Bank, and the Haitian economy / Alex Dupuy -- Creolization in Havana: the oldest form of globalization / Antonio Benitez-Rojo -- Showing face: Boxing and nation building in contemporary Puerto Rico / Frances Negron-Muntaner -- Creolite in the hood: diaspora as source and challenge / Juan Flores -- Glocal spirituality: consumerism and heritage in a Puerto Rican Afro-Latin folk religion / Raquel Romberg -- Women's grass-roots organizations in the Dominican Republic: real and imagined female figures / Valentina Peguero -- Race and politics in Cuba / Aline Helg -- Jamaican reggae and the articulation of social and historical consciousness in musical discourse / Jorge L. Giovannetti -- Rum, revolution, and globalization: past, present, and future of a Caribbean product / Anthony P. Maingot.Provides a measure of, as well as a model for, scholarship on globalization in the Caribbean. Highlighting social and cultural aspects of the region, these essays examine cultural phenomena in their creolized forms - from sports and religion to music and drink, from racial inequality and feminist activism to indebtedness and economic uncertainty.GlobalizationAntilles, GreaterCivilization21st centuryCaribbean AreaGlobalization.972.905/3Knight Franklin W682891Martínez Vergne Teresita1860806MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910971722803321Contemporary Caribbean cultures and societies in a global context4466702UNINA